Election campaign optimization algorithm.

Abstract: This paper introduces a new optimization algorithm - Election Campaign Optimization algorithm, which searches solution space by simulating the motivation of candidates in election campaign to the highest support. This algorithm is realized by Matlab language, and be encapsulated to the algorithm toolbox. The computational results of function in the toolbox show that ECO algorithm can search out the optimal solutions of optimization problems. In this paper, only 3 optimization functions and a PID controller parameters tuning problem are selected as example to exposit Election Campaign Optimization algorithm. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]